[Verse 1]
Dusty old work boots
slumped by the back door
Tongues all torn up
mud baked in the sores
Laces like limp rope
draggin’ on the floor
Still waitin’ on my footsteps
like they always did before
[Chorus]
Back door boots, you know my name
You’ve walked me through the hurt and the hail and the blame
Another long day
another long way
from dusk straight through to dawn
Back door boots, you hold my weight
Every mile I take, every move I make
When the whole world sleeps
you keep hangin’ on
’Til the dark is gone
[Verse 2]
Alarm on the counter
buzzin’ in the gloom
Coffee in a thermos
half-light in the room
Slip into that leather
cracked deep as my hands
We creak across the threshold
to do it all again
[Chorus]
Back door boots, you know my name
You’ve walked me through the hurt and the hail and the blame
Another long day
another long way
from dusk straight through to dawn
Back door boots, you hold my weight
Every mile I take, every move I make
When the whole world sleeps
you keep hangin’ on
’Til the dark is gone